| The Final Forest: Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest Contributor(s): Dietrich, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0295990627 ISBN-13: 9780295990620 Publisher: University of Washington Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Ecosystems & Habitats - Forests & Rainforests - Nature | Environmental Conservation & Protection - General - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) |
| Dewey: 333.750 |
| LCCN: 2010031802 |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.09" W x 8.95" (1.04 lbs) 336 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Ecology - Geographic Orientation - Washington - Cultural Region - Pacific Northwest - Cultural Region - Western U.S. |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2011 Outstanding Title, University Press Books for Public and Secondary School Libraries Before Forks, a small town on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, became famous as the location for Stephenie Meyer's Twilight book series, it was the self-proclaimed "Logging Capital of the World" and ground zero in a regional conflict over the fate of old-growth forests. Since Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist William Dietrich first published The Final Forest in 1992, logging in Forks has given way to tourism, but even with its new fame, Forks is still a home to loggers and others who make their living from the surrounding forests. The new edition recounts how forest policy and practices have changed since the early 1990s and also tells us what has happened in Forks and where the actors who were so important to the timber wars are now. For more information on the author to to: http: //williamdietrich.com/ |